<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/15bbfd11-43fa-4613-8182-e9f8d46555f8/13C9E33F-5DA2-43DC-9504-8DDB4C64EAE7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th" href="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th" style="font-size: 11px;">homefires.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/img/8710AB01-61E9-4BB4-8D04-9AC3F411CF96" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">I am sitting in the house alone in the dark. I do not know where the light switches are. What does it matter anyway? I cannot see light.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th"><P>I get up to get another beer and discover that I have run out. No fear, though — I’ll go find the bottle of Johnnie Walker I have somewhere in the back room. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">I hear a noise outside</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">Where am I in the house? How close is my rifle?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">I am calm now, reassured that I am not under attack. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">That bottle of Johnnie Walker is in the back room in a box somewhere.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th"> I should bring my rifle; it makes me feel safer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">I know that people are sometimes taken aback by my appearance. My left eye socket is empty and my right one usually has a prosthetic </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th">I often behave in ways that I do not understand</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/the-minefield-at-home/?th&emc=th"> And most times, it seems, the people around me understand it even less.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/13C9E33F-5DA2-43DC-9504-8DDB4C64EAE7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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